In 'Downhill,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus And Will Ferrell Are 'Not Here To Play It Safe'

In 'Downhill,' Julia Louis-Dreyfus And Will Ferrell Are 'Not Here To Play It Safe' Enlarge this image toggle caption Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Searchlight Pictures How about this movie plot for Valentine's Day: A family are on vacation atop picturesque slopes in the Alps. But get this: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell — two of the most celebrated comedic actors of our time — had never met until making this movie. I have to say, the thing that, in terms of watching Julia work, is that how strong she is in a man's comedy world in a way, especially holding her own with the cast like Seinfeld, obviously, and just same sort of thing, same kind of commitment to character. Sponsor Message Louis-Dreyfus on being a woman in "a man's comedy world" I look at myself as a woman in a man's world, period.